Bulgaria vs Italy: Divorce rate
Bulgaria
1.4 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Italy
1.4 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
33rd
Italy rank
33rd
Divorce rate over time
- Bulgaria
- Italy
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1.4 per 1,000 people against 1.4 per 1,000 people in Italy, a difference of 0 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Italy ranks 33rd of 43 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.31 per 1,000 people | 0.2778 per 1,000 people | 1.03 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 1.44 per 1,000 people | 0.33 per 1,000 people | 1.11 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 1.16 per 1,000 people | 0.53 per 1,000 people | 0.63 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 1.69 per 1,000 people | 0.81 per 1,000 people | 0.88 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 1.51 per 1,000 people | 1.19 per 1,000 people | 0.32 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 1.4 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 0.1 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher divorce rate, Bulgaria or Italy?
- Bulgaria, at 1.4 per 1,000 people against 1.4 per 1,000 people in Italy as of 2022.
- What is the difference in divorce rate between Bulgaria and Italy?
- 0 per 1,000 people, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Italy?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Italy rank globally for divorce rate?
- Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Italy ranks 33rd of 43 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2025) and other sources – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Divorce rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of divorces during a given year per 1,000 people.